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Amos 2:9-12

9Yetdestroyedהִשְׁמַ֤דְתִּיhish.Mad.tiH8045I theAmoriteהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ha.'e.mo.RiH567beforeמִפְּנֵיהֶ֔םmi.pe.nei.HemH6440them,whoseאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834heightכְּגֹ֤בַהּke.GoahH1363was like theheightגָּבְה֔וֹga.ve.HoH1363of thecedarsאֲרָזִים֙'a.ra.ZimH730, and he wasstrongוְחָסֹ֥ןve.cha.SonH2634as theoaksכָּֽאַלּוֹנִ֑יםka.'a.lo.NimH437; yet Idestroyedוָאַשְׁמִ֤ידva.'ash.MidH8045hisfruitפִּרְיוֹ֙pir.YoH6529fromaboveמִמַּ֔עַלmi.Ma.'alH4605, and hisrootsוְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יוve.sha.ra.ShavH8328frombeneathמִתָּֽחַת׃mi.Ta.chatH8478.

10Also IbroughtH5927youH853upH5927outH3423of thelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, and ledyouH853fortyאַרְבָּעִ֣ים'ar.ba.'ImH705yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּר֙ba.mid.BarH4057, topossessH3423thelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776of theAmoriteהָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ha.'e.mo.RiH567.

11And IraisedH6965upH6965of yoursonsH1121forprophetsלִנְבִיאִ֔יםlin.vi.'ImH5030, and of youryoungH1121menוּמִבַּחוּרֵיכֶ֖םu.mi.ba.chu.rei.KhemH970forNaziritesלִנְזִרִ֑יםlin.zi.RimH5139. Is itnotאֵֽין־'ein-H369evenהַאַ֥ףha.'AfH637thus, O yechildrenH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478? saith theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

12But yegaveH6680theNaziritesהַנְּזִרִ֖יםha.ne.zi.RimH5139wineיָ֑יִןYa.yinH3196todrinkוַתַּשְׁק֥וּva.tash.KuH8248; andcommandedצִוִּיתֶ֣םtzi.vi.TemH6680theprophetsהַנְּבִיאִים֙ha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Prophesyתִּנָּבְאֽוּ׃ti.na.ve.'UH5012notלֹ֖אlo'H3808.

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